Dailies ~ Advent
December 5, 2019
‘Go back out there deeper!’ Jesus said to
the fishermen. They had been fishing all night long but had nothing but because
Jesus said so they decided to try again. The yield was amazing! They could not
contain it in their nets.
Have you ever felt like you were fighting
a losing cause? All night long you tried to fill your nets yet nothing happened
and you were ready to give up?
Then God says, try again. So that you do after much wondering and
discussing about why it was no use, and then…poof! Bam! Tada! God comes through
for you just like He said.
If only we could realize the first time
that God would come through for us we would do a lot less worrying and fretting
over dumb things that we cannot control.
Let’s try not to allow things to get us
down today lets have faith that God will come through just like He did in His
Word. Let us allow Him to direct us where to go to bring in the fish in our
lives!
Heavenly Father show us, tell us, guide us
where to go and what to do when; we want to be blessed by You and we want to
bless You. Help us to bring in the fish! In Jesus’ name, amen
Luke 5 Young's Literal Translation
(YLT)
5 And it came to pass, in the
multitude pressing on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing beside
the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and he saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers,
having gone away from them, were washing the nets, 3 and having entered into one of the
boats, that was Simon's, he asked him to put back a little from the land, and
having sat down, was teaching the multitudes out of the boat. 4 And when he left off speaking, he
said unto Simon, `Put back to the deep, and let down your nets for a draught;'
5 and Simon answering said to him,
`Master, through the whole night, having laboured, we have taken nothing, but
at thy saying I will let down the net.'6 And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes,
and their net was breaking, 7 and they beckoned to the partners, who [are] in the other boat,
having come, to help them; and they came, and filled both the boats, so that
they were sinking. 8 And Simon Peter having seen, fell down at the knees of Jesus,
saying, `Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, O lord;' 9 for astonishment seized him, and
all those with him, at the draught of the fishes that they took, 10 and in like manner also James and
John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon; and Jesus said unto Simon,
`Fear not, henceforth thou shalt be catching men; 11 and they, having brought the boats
upon the land, having left all, did follow him.
12 And it came to pass, in his being
in one of the cities, that lo, a man full of leprosy, and having seen Jesus,
having fallen on [his] face, he besought him, saying, `Sir, if thou mayest
will, thou art able to cleanse me;' 13 and having stretched forth [his] hand, he touched him, having
said, `I will; be thou cleansed;' and immediately the leprosy went away from
him. 14 And he charged him to tell no one, `But, having gone away, shew
thyself to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing according as Moses
directed, for a testimony to them;
15 but the more was the report going abroad concerning him, and great
multitudes were coming together to hear, and to be healed by him of their
infirmities, 16 and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was
praying.
17 And it came to pass, on one of the
days, that he was teaching, and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of
the Law, who were come out of every village of Galilee, and Judea, and
Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was -- to heal them.
18 And lo, men bearing upon a couch a
man, who hath been struck with palsy, and they were seeking to bring him in,
and to place before him, 19 and not having found by what way they may bring him in because of
the multitude, having gone up on the house-top, through the tiles they let him
down, with the little couch, into the midst before Jesus, 20 and he having seen their faith,
said to him, `Man, thy sins have been forgiven thee.' 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees
began to reason, saying, `Who is this that doth speak evil words? who is able
to forgive sins, except God only?' 22 And Jesus having known their reasonings, answering, said unto
them, `What reason ye in your hearts?
23 which is easier -- to say, Thy sins
have been forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, and walk? 24 `And that ye may know that the Son
of Man hath authority upon the earth to forgive sins -- (he said to the one
struck with palsy) -- I say to thee, Arise, and having taken up thy little
couch, be going on to thy house.' 25 And presently having risen before them, having taken up [that] on
which he was lying, he went away to his house, glorifying God, 26 and astonishment took all, and they
were glorifying God, and were filled with fear, saying -- `We saw strange
things to-day.'
27 And after these things he went
forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and
said to him, `Be following me;' 28 and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him.
29 And Levi made a great entertainment
to him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax-gatherers and
others who were with them reclining (at meat), 30 and the scribes and the Pharisees
among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, `Wherefore with
tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?'
31 And Jesus answering said unto them,
`They who are well have no need of a physician, but they that are ill: 32 I came not to call righteous men,
but sinners, to reformation.'
33 And they said unto him, `Wherefore
do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications -- in like manner
also those of the Pharisees -- but thine do eat and drink?'
34 And he said unto them, `Are ye able
to make the sons of the bride-chamber -- in the bridegroom being with them --
to fast? 35 but days will come, and, when the bridegroom may be taken away
from them, then they shall fast in those days.' 36 And he spoke also a simile unto
them -- `No one a patch of new clothing doth put on old clothing, and if
otherwise, the new also doth make a rent, and with the old the patch doth not
agree, that [is] from the new. 37 `And no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if otherwise,
the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be poured out, and the skins
will be destroyed; 38 but new wine into new skins is to be put, and both are preserved
together; 39 and no one having drunk old [wine], doth immediately wish new, for
he saith, The old is better.'
Teresa M. Wilson